https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/page/15/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Historyenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-happy-anniversary-to-the-best-regular-season-game-in-decades-r17180/On this date in 1965, Twins second baseman Frank Quilici tied the World Series record by getting two hits in one inning off Hall of Famer Don Drysdale in the third inning of Game 1. Don Mincher and Zoilo Versalles homered off Drysdale, who only lasted 2 2/3 innings. Mudcat Grant, meanwhile, went...17180Sun, 06 Oct 2024 22:05:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-johan-santana-and-torii-hunter-lead-twins-over-the-yankees-r17178/Major league pitcher Roger "Peaceful Valley" Denzer was born in Le Sueur, MN on this date in 1871. He passed away in Le Sueur in 1949 (age 77) and is buried there. If anyone has any interesting stories or facts about Denzer, please share them in the comments section below.  Olivia, MN...17178Sat, 05 Oct 2024 15:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-jack-crookss-biggest-dinger-and-don-wheelers-greatest-achievement-r17139/Playing for the National League's St. Louis Browns, St. Paul native Jack Crooks hit a leadoff home run off Cleveland Spiders ace Cy Young on this date in 1892. Young—playing in his third season—led the majors with 36 wins and a 1.93 ERA while only giving up eight home runs that year. Crooks...17139Sun, 29 Sep 2024 15:01:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/kevin-tapani-under-appreciated-starter-for-the-1991-twins-r17137/Kevin Tapani was born February 18, 1964, in Des Moines, Iowa, while his father, Ray, played minor league hockey there. Following Ray’s minor league hockey career and US Army career in Germany, the Tapani family returned to their roots in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Kevin Tapani would grow up in...17137Sun, 29 Sep 2024 14:13:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-928-calvin-griffith-said-what-kirby-puckett-hit-by-pitch-breaks-jaw-r17133/Twins owner Calvin Griffith made a notorious appearance at the Waseca Lions Club on this date in 1978. When asked why he moved the team from Washington DC to Minnesota, he stated, "I'll tell you why we came to Minnesota. It was when I found out you only had 15,000 blacks here ... We came here be...17133Sat, 28 Sep 2024 14:20:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-brian-dozier-reaches-a-milestone-c%C3%A9sar-tovar-makes-history-twins-birthdays-galore-r17088/Happy 68th birthday to Waseca native and former Twins third base coach Gene Glynn. Fun Fact: Glynn received Minnesota's first-ever "Mr. Basketball" award his senior year at Waseca, and handed the award off to Basketball Hall of Famer Kevin McHale (of Hibbing) the following year.  Glynn was...17088Sun, 22 Sep 2024 13:13:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/danny-thompson-forgotten-twins-shortstop-was-cut-down-by-leukemia-in-his-prime-r17089/Danny Thompson was a promising shortstop prospect in the 1970s who was drafted in the first round by two teams. Unfortunately, his baseball career never reached its full potential as he was afflicted with a deadly disease and passed away in what should have been the prime of his career.  Da...17089Sat, 21 Sep 2024 18:19:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-921-fenway-home-runs-by-killebrew-and-big-papi-make-history-r17085/  September 21, 1922: New Ulm Native Makes MLB Debut New Ulm native Doc Hamann made his only major league appearance pitching for Cleveland on this date in 1922. He gave up six runs without recording an out in the ninth inning of a 15-5 loss to the Red Sox. His career ERA is, therefore, "...17085Sat, 21 Sep 2024 13:04:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-boomer-bombas-and-the-team-who-made-it-back-r17044/September 15: Happy Birthday, Rich Robertson Happy birthday to former Twins pitcher Rich Robertson. He lost 17 games in 1996, but tied for the major-league lead with three shutouts! Those three shutouts are even more improbable when you consider that he led the league in walks and had a 5.12 E...17044Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:06:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-september-14-jeff-reardon-brian-dozier-set-records-and-a-painful-assist-r17041/  September 14, 1989: Reardon Record Setting Save On this date in 1989, Jeff Reardon became the first player in MLB history with five-straight seasons of 30+ saves. September 14, 2003: Standard 8-9 Putout On this date in 2003, Twins right fielder Mike Ryan lost a Jhonny Peralt...17041Sat, 14 Sep 2024 20:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/roy-smalley-was-an-iconic-twins-shortstop-was-traded-for-an-iconic-twins-shortstop-r17013/Roy Frederick Smalley III (Roy Smalley) was born October 25, 1952, in Los Angeles, into a baseball family. His father, Roy Smalley, Jr., was a major league shortstop, as was his uncle, Gene Mauch, who also later managed 26 seasons, five with the Twins. Roy Federick Smalley, Jr. played 11 seasons...17013Sat, 14 Sep 2024 15:11:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-for-98-tom-kelly-number-retirement-double-boomstick-r16995/September 8, 1906: Birthdate of Frank Stewart Frank Stewart was born Frank Zwiaska to Polish immigrant parents in Minneapolis on this date in 1906. He made one major league pitching appearance with the Chicago White Sox in the final game of the 1927 season. Interestingly, Stewart was the se...16995Sun, 08 Sep 2024 11:30:01 +0000